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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2011-3-22
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pubmed:abstractText |
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a potentially life-threatening infection in premature infants. We report an outbreak involving four infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of our hospital that occurred in February 2010. RSV A infection was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Palivizumab was administered to all infants in the NICU. There were no additional symptomatic cases and repeat RSV surveillance confirmed that there was no further cross-transmission within the unit. The outbreak highlighted the infection control challenge of very high bed occupancy in the unit and the usefulness of molecular methods in facilitating detection and management.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Apr
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pubmed:issn |
1532-2939
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:copyrightInfo |
Copyright © 2011 the Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:volume |
77
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
338-42
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2011-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Antibodies, Monoclonal,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Antiviral Agents,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Cross Infection,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-DNA, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Disease Outbreaks,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Genotype,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Infection Control,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Intensive Care, Neonatal,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Polymerase Chain Reaction,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human,
pubmed-meshheading:21330007-Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
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pubmed:year |
2011
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Use of palivizumab and infection control measures to control an outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus in a neonatal intensive care unit confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland. karinaoconnell@gmail.com
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Case Reports
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